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Match Day 3 Preview: Union Omaha v. North Carolina FC

UO can get to within 1 point of idle Charlotte Independence with win over NCFC Union Omaha’s win against Central Valley Fuego last weekend broke a nine-match winless streak within the league, and seemed to verify that the previous match against El Paso Locomotive was more indicative of how the team will play for DominicContinue reading “Match Day 3 Preview: Union Omaha v. North Carolina FC”

Match Day 2 Preview (Again): Central Valley Fuego v. Union Omaha

UO Look to Parlay Cupset into First League Win of 2023 Following it’s U.S. Open Cup victory over El Paso Locomotive, one of only four upsets in the second round of the tournament at time of publishing, Union Omaha will take their positive momentum on the road for the first time this season as theyContinue reading “Match Day 2 Preview (Again): Central Valley Fuego v. Union Omaha”

Match Day 2 Preview: One Knoxville SC v. Union Omaha

Omaha Take on a New Foe with Familiar Faces Last week was the beginning of a new era for Union Omaha, but the results of last week were pretty much old hat as JP Scearce headed in from a set-piece and Rashid Nuhu stood on his head resulting in a 1-1 draw with Forward Madison.Continue reading “Match Day 2 Preview: One Knoxville SC v. Union Omaha”

Match Day 1 Preview: Union Omaha v. Forward Madison

Union Omaha Begins a New Era Union Omaha’s 2023 season begins on Sunday, and opposing side Forward Madison are one of the few elements that fans will be familiar with while taking in this opening match (though Madison will look very different from last season, but more on that later). There are so many thingsContinue reading “Match Day 1 Preview: Union Omaha v. Forward Madison”

Around the Rest of USL League One: Week 14 (plus one)

Wednesday, June 29 Greenville Triumph 3-1 North Carolina FC The only numbers in this game that would suggest Greenville had such an easy time with North Carolina is the final score. Greenville was incredibly efficient in this game, and North Carolina was anything but. Allen Gavilanes scored on the team’s very first shot, set upContinue reading “Around the Rest of USL League One: Week 14 (plus one)”

Around the Rest of the League: Week 13

Wednesday, June 22 Chattanooga Red Wolves 7-1 Charlotte Independence A perfectly executed corner kick where Miguel Ibarra found Héctor Acosta to open the scoring was basically all Charlotte were able to do last Wednesday. After a quick equalizer from Rey Ortiz, a go-ahead goal from Juan Gailndrez that he followed up by converting a questionableContinue reading “Around the Rest of the League: Week 13”

U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinal Preview: Sporting Kansas City v. Union Omaha

Way back in the first week of April, Union Omaha knew it would take seven wins to lift a trophy and tell one of the greatest stories in American lower league soccer history, maybe modern U.S. soccer history in general. A second-round win against Des Moines Menace would be nice, the first U.S. Open CupContinue reading “U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinal Preview: Sporting Kansas City v. Union Omaha”

Around the Rest of the League: Week 11

With the USL League one schedule starting to normalize some, we’re going to start offering a brief league wide synopsis of the league. So let’s start with last week’s matches. Wednesday, June 8 Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC 1-1 North Carolina FC Hailstorm FC became the last USL League One team to host a home openerContinue reading “Around the Rest of the League: Week 11”

U.S. Open Cup Round of 16: Minnesota United v. Union Omaha

On Thursday, May 12, the day after Union Omaha defeated Northern Colorado 2-0 to advance to the U.S. Open Cup’s round of 16 (and became $25,000 richer as a result), Union Omaha ran into a run of bad luck. Now guaranteed to play an MLS team at this stage of the tournament, there was alsoContinue reading “U.S. Open Cup Round of 16: Minnesota United v. Union Omaha”

U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 Preview: Union Omaha v. Northern Colorado Hailstorm

On May 11, Union Omaha will have nearly all advantages possible in their favor as they look to perhaps become the first USL League One team to ever reach the round of 16 in the U.S. Open Cup: A third division team drawing another third division team this late is remarkable, perhaps even a firstContinue reading “U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 Preview: Union Omaha v. Northern Colorado Hailstorm”